The vote was considered an early referendum on President Lee Jae-myung’s first years in office. He came to power after several months of political turmoil caused by his conservative predecessor’s decision to declare a state of war.
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Although Lee Jae-myung’s party won the majority of key battles, the current conservative mayor Oh Se-hoon narrowly retained Seoul, in a tight race defeating the rising Democratic Party star Chong Won-oh.